Shadowfire
Noob
You know using it for Oki brings up an interesting point. Say that another KL spins into it on wakeup. The hat would hit them on the very frame their invincibility wears off doesn't it?
I could see this being used for a number of things. For example, say your opponent's armoured X-ray or other move was the only threat preventing you from pressuring them really heavily on wakeup (Shang Tsung). Throwing down a hat and doing something that would otherwise look really stupid (like spinning on top of their body) would actually do a pretty huge chunk of armour damage in a single frame. This could be a way to stuff wakeups on low health people who think they can still eat a hit safely.
Another application that just came to mind is versus stompers. If you have a hat in front of you and the opponent does a Sheeva or Quan Chi stomp (and for all we know those characters might be pretty good now) they have practically no mixup options to choose between. This would be especially good versus Quan Chi since it would eliminate the threat of his trance, to the point you could just jip him like a scrub and unless he wants to eat damage and a second free jump in, he has to just take it.
I could see this being used for a number of things. For example, say your opponent's armoured X-ray or other move was the only threat preventing you from pressuring them really heavily on wakeup (Shang Tsung). Throwing down a hat and doing something that would otherwise look really stupid (like spinning on top of their body) would actually do a pretty huge chunk of armour damage in a single frame. This could be a way to stuff wakeups on low health people who think they can still eat a hit safely.
Another application that just came to mind is versus stompers. If you have a hat in front of you and the opponent does a Sheeva or Quan Chi stomp (and for all we know those characters might be pretty good now) they have practically no mixup options to choose between. This would be especially good versus Quan Chi since it would eliminate the threat of his trance, to the point you could just jip him like a scrub and unless he wants to eat damage and a second free jump in, he has to just take it.